COBRA Allowance: (Retained. Rationalized. To be paid as per Cell R1H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix)

It is granted to CRPF personnel posted in Command Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), a special force deployed in Naxal-hit areas, to compensate them for their risk and hardship. The present rate is 80 percent of Marcos and Chariot Allowance.